Hippocrates (460-375 BCE)
"Life is short but art is long."
Attributed to Hippocrates in Hermotimus or On Philosophical Schools (section 1) by Lucian of Samosata...
An unknown 18th-century artist created this painting of Saint Eligius, an altruistic artisan and bishop who lived during the time of the Merovingian Frankish...
This rather damaged painting by an unknown 16th or 17th century artist re-creates an infamous legend from the history of ancient Rome. Specifically, it...
(Illustration of Sayf al-Dawla from a 13th century copy of the History of John Skylitzes (Skyllitzes Matritensis (Biblioteca Nacional de España), via Creative...
Apollonius of Rhodes (Greek/Egyptian Scholar and Poet, 3rd Century BCE)
"Our shameless actions drive us to still more shameless actions."
From Apollonius of Rhodes' epic...
